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Egyptian social e-commerce platform Taager raises $6.4M led by 4DX Ventures 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- July 15, 2021
The global social market is rapidly growing. With over 1.25 million online social sellers in Egypt alone, the Egyptian social e-commerce market is forecast to be worth more than $14.8 billion by 2024. One of its players, Taager, is a social e-commerce platform enabling online merchants with end-to-end logistics. Today, it is announcing that it…
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An Internship Led This Entrepreneur to His Future Business Partner. Together, They Created a $250 Million Company.0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- July 15, 2021
Geige Vandentop co-founded StreamYard with Dan Briggs after meeting him at an internship.
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What the growing federal focus on ESG means for private markets 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- July 15, 2021
Anthony Cimino Contributor Share on Twitter Anthony Cimino, head of policy at Carta, works with policymakers and innovators to drive economic opportunity through expanding equity ownership and private market liquidity. The increasing regulation of ESG (environmental, social, governance) disclosure reporting may have started in the public markets, but will almost certainly have downstream effects for…
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‘Best deal ever’: New contract for Food 4 Less workers includes raises, bonus 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- July 14, 2021
The United Food and Commercial Workers Union has approved a new contract that includes raises and bonuses for 7,000 grocery workers at Food 4 Less and FoodsCo supermarkets in California. A worker-led bargaining committee from UFCW locals across California ratified the agreement last week after six months of negotiations with The Kroger Co., parent company…
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Next Gen Foods to launch its plant-based chicken in the U.S. after raising a $20M seed extension from investors like GGV 0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- July 14, 2021
Singapore-based Next Gen Foods will bring its plant-based chicken alternative to the United States after raising a $20 million seed extension. Investors included GGV Capital, agriculture and food tech-focused Bits x Bites, food and beverage company Yeo Hiap Seng, entrepreneur and “Blitzscaling” author Chris Yeh and English footballer Dele Alli. Returning investors include Temasek, which…
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Forget the Stuff! New Parents Say They Need Support, and This Mom Wants to Make Postpartum Services More Accessible.0
- Startup News, Uncategorized
- July 14, 2021
The founder and CEO of the Flourish Collective shares how her baby registry platform is helping new parents.
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